Find the "Real Story"; everyone is interesting in many ways. Find the most interesting angle.

Emotion; "The best way you can connect your photo essay with its audience is to draw out the emotions within the story and utilize them in your shots."

Plan Your Shots; brainstorm shot lists

Journalism is the art and process of reporting on events and stories within the community. Historically, journalism began with newspapers and newsletters. Then journalism developed to include photographs and images; photojournalism.

Decisive MomentThis is the moment the photographer fires the trigger to take the photograph. This term was coined by a french photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and it means to capture a spontaneous and fleeting action that is not repeatable.

Photo Essay ExamplesPlease click on the buttons / links for the two photo essays below. They are powerful and quick to look through.

A photo essay is a collection of photographs that tell a complete story or paint a complete picture of a situation. Often a photo essay will use captions, descriptions or longer text articles to explain important story details.